Kin Lane, the API Evangelist

API Lifcycle

Genscape API Seminar

May 2018

API Evangelist Research & Journey

(http://apievangelist.com)

Why Do We Do APIs?

 

Web

 

Mobile

 

Agility

 

Efficiency

 

Business on the Web

History of APIs

Essential Resources

Definition Driven

Why?

Database Schema

/data/

/resources/

Meaningful Paths

api.region.domain.com

Hosts

http://

Protocols

http://api.region.domain.com/resources/

URIs / URLs

Assertions

Repositories

Design Focused

REST

(Representational State Transfer)

Resources

Experience

Evolution

Simplicity

Diverse API Toolbox

REST

(Representational State Transfer)

Hypermedia

Query Layer

Webhooks

Event-Driven

Real Time

Managing Change

Versions

/v1/resource

Path

Accept: application/vnd.mycompany.myapp-v2+json

Header

Evolution

Virtualized Approach

Mock APIs

Sandboxes

Synthetic Data

Modular Deployment

Microservices

Repositories

CI/CD

Containerization

Serverless

Understanding Dependencies

Software

Services

People

Discovery By Default

Directory

Discovery

Governance

Documentation By Default

Definitions

Portals

Interactive

Continuous

All Services Managed

Authentication

Service Plans

Constraints

Observability

Logging as a Priority

Database

Web Server

Management

DNS

Monitor & Test Everything

Definitions

Monitoring

Testing

Performance

Securing Digital Resources

Definitions

Authentication

Policies

Scanning

Awareness

Measure All The Stops

Definitions

Aggregate

Governance

Analyze All The Activity

Dashboards

Reporting

Invoicing

Communication & Support

Direct

Indirect

Road Map

Communications

Repeat & Scale

Definitions

Lifecycle

Governance

People

The End

By Kin Lane

@kinlane